Tire-heater.



No; 680,455. Ptented Aug. I3, |901. .1. eoGEL.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT EEIOE.

JACOB GOGEL, or TOLEDO, Omo.

TIRE-HEATER.

SPEGIEIoATION forming pme of Lea-ers Patent No. 680,455, dated August 1s, 1901.

' Application flied May 21, 1900.

To @ZZ whom it may concer-1c.-

Beit known that I, JACOB GOGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Heaters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to and its object is to provide a cheap, simple, and efficient device for heating tires by means of a liquid or gaseous fuel. I attain this object by means of the devices and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a top plan View of the cover, hereinafter referred to; Fig. 2, a top plan view of my heater with a portion of the cover broken away to show the arrangement of the parts. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my device, partly in vertical section; and Fig. 4, an enlarged View of one of the burners hereinafter referred to.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 is a circular table supported at a suitable height by legs 2. At its outer edge the table is provided with an upturned rim 3. The table has also an upwardlyprojecting inner flange 4 about the same height as the ange 3, also a series of upwardly-projecting ribs 5, radiating at regular intervals from the flange 4E to the flange 3. These ribs are also about the same height'as the flanges 3 and 4. The compartments between the ilanges and the radial risb are filled with powdered coke, sand, or the like.

6 is a cover consisting of a broad flat ring with downwardly-turned flanges at its inner and outer margins forming in transverse section an inverted U. In the same plane with the flat ring of the cover are cross-arms 7, provided at their intersection with an vaperture S, which fits loosely a spindle 9, projecting upwardly from the center of lthe table, which spindle serves as a guide for the cover. The cover is provided with converging links Serial No. 17,403. (No model.)

or rods 10, which at their central meeting point have a link or loop 11, by means of which the cover may be hoisted and swung out of the way when desired.

6a is a draft-vent in the top of the cover 6.

Disposed at equidistant intervals around the table are upwardly-projecting pipes 12, which are connected, as at 13 and 14, with a common source of liquid or gaseous fuel. In the example of my invention under consideration I have for illustration shown my device provided with a series of burners for gasolene or naphtha connected with a tank, the contentsof which may be placed under atmospheric pressure. Each of the pipes 12 at its upper end is provided with a swiveled 16, which may within certain limits be swung horizontally into any desired position. In the outer downwardly-projecting rim or flange of the cover 6 are formed vertical slots, as at 17, corresponding in number and arrangement with the burners. The arrangement of the burners and the slots in relation to each other is such that each of the burners maybe swung into and out of the slotted opening and such that the ame from the burner will be projected into the annular chamber formed by the cover and the table. The swiveled burners are preferably turned at such an angle that their flames are projected substantially in a direction tangential to the walls of the annular chamber and tangentially against the tire, thus producing within the annular chamber a continuous circuit or vortex of flame.

The operation of my device is as follows: The tire 1S which is to be heated is placed upon the radial ribs 5 concentric with the table. The cover is swung above the table and down into position so that the tire is inclosed in the annular chamber formed bythe cover and the table. The lighted burners or torches 16 are swung upon their swiveled joints, so that the flame is projected through the openings 17 into the chamber of the cover and tangentially against the tire. The annular chamber now becomes'a hot furnace, with the flame and gases confined closely to the tire'under treatment, and in a very short time the tire becomes sufficiently heated to answer the desired purpose. 'lhe cover may horizontal pipe 15, carrying a suitable burner IOO now be lifted out of the Way withoutdisarranging Q1' disturbing the burners, as the openings through the outside Wall of the cover extend through the lower margin of the wall. 'Ihe tire is removed, another one is put in its place, the cover is lowered without rearranging the burners, and thus the Work rapidly proceeds. It will be seen that tires of various sizes may be heated within the chamber of the cover shown in the drawings. For smaller tires another cover maybe provided; but no matter what the size of the tire within the limit of the table the burners may by reason of the swiveled joints be swung into proper operative position to heat the tire.

In order that the strength of the fires may be simultaneously and uniformly regulated, I have provided the supplyfpipe with a cock or valve 13a, which will control the ow of the liquid or gaseous fuel to al1 the burners.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, IST:

l. In a tire-heater, a bench or table, a tirecover having an annular chamber, a series of openings through the wall of the annular chamber, a burner for each of said openings, and a swiveled support for each of said burners, whereby they may be projected into and withdrawn from said opening.

2. In a tire-heater, a table, radial ribs or flanges on the top of the table for the support of the tire, a removable tire-cover substan- JACOB GOGEL.

I Witnesses:

WILBER A. OWEN, L. BROWN. 

